1598 Munster Antique Map Birds Eye View of the city of Poitiers in Poitou France Netherlands The world of the commercial

The world of the commercial cartographer in eighteenth-century London was quite respectable

This beautifully hand coloured original antique map of Belgium & the southern Netherlands was engraved by John Neele in 1808 - the date is engraved at the foot of the map - and published in the 1810 edition of The Modern Royal Atlas

Margins: - Very light age toning in margins

providing a unique record of events considered important by the colonial administration

Malachy Postlethweyts Dictionary of Trade & Commerce:

1598 Munster Antique Map Birds Eye View of the city of Poitiers in Poitou France Netherlands The world of the commercialTitle : Die Statt Puttiers Date : 1598 Condition: (A) Very Good Condition Ref # : 30381 Size : 15in x 13in (380mm x 340mm) Description: This fine original wood block engraved antique map a birds eye view of the French city of Poitiers on the Clain River in the Vienne Dept of central western France, was published in the French Section of Sebastian Munsters 1598 edition of Cosmographia, Das ist: Beschreibung der gantzen Welt, Darinnen Aller Monarchien